Hi Danny; (and Hexebah)

Thanks for your post, it has helped to clarify things alot.

Have never really utilized the File Browser all that much as I use a program called Photo Mechanic for editing my raw captures from shoots.

In playing with the File Browser (PS 7), have duly noted the ease with which images can be rotated. However, batching any other preliminary actions (such as copyrighting the photos, which I routinely do for Web Gallery purposes) STILL requires a "Save as" command and routing to another folder to work seamlessly.

Once a bunch of photos has been through the process of being saved to a secondary file, they can they be more individually tweaked (say in terms of levels, image size, color correction, whatever...) and then it is possible to use the "Save and Close" option in Batch Dialogue....
Now, why is that?

This is all about workflow, and now I'm doing something this: An edited folder of vertical portraits receives an action that rotates to correct orientation, makes the file a copyrighted work, has file info (name, phone #, etc) and then is sent via batch processing to a ubiquitous Destination folder on my desktop.
I then copy all those files to a new folder that is named for the job (ie, Joes Portraits/Edited/adjusted). leaving and untouched folder of the original "joes portraits' on my hard drive...

At this point, and at this point only, can I batch the adjusted photos using new actions for levels, color correction, sharpening, whatever....And then use the SAVE and CLOSE command in the Batch dialogue box to keep them in Joes Portraits/Edited/Adjusted....

OK, the system works, and it's really no big deal, just a little convoluted, and so my question still remains, why can't photos simply be rotated, copyrighted, etc via an action and left in their original folder without defining a new destination folder, or having the need to "Save" via jpeg options diaglogue box in every image that comes up...

Sorry, this is not logical and is bugging the hell out of me, and cannot find a way that PS will execute this simplest of commands without the (minimal) extra steps.

Thanks for your time/patience/interest.

Stu Rosner

S_Rosner

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